27 October 41
Time 1730
Quarter – Tents
Dear Folks:
I surely was sorry to hear of the death of Elizabeth’s father. This evening I will drop Mrs. Dickson a letter.
Did I ever enjoy myself over the weekend. I visited the Whitemans. One of the fellows here at the camp drove to Long Beach so I went with him. I payed him $1.50 for the round trip. It would have cost me $2.86 a round trip on the bus. We left here about 2:30 pm Saturday afternoon and I arrived at the Whitemans about six that evening. You see it is 98 miles from Camp Elliott to Long Beach. It surely was a beautiful drive as we followed the ocean all the way. We left long beach at ten last evening and I got back to Camp Elliott at 1:30 am this morning.
Saturday evening Bob McCullogh and his wife stopped over to see the Whitemans and we had quite a visit. Then Sunday morning we got up early and Bob & Sara drove me to Los Angeles and we stopped to see Joe and May. They seemed very glad to see us. I saw your house. Joe took me over and I went through it. The house has 2 bedrooms, a bath, kitchen, and a living and dinning room combined. It also has hardwood floors except in the kitchen. The lot I would say is about 20 feet by 50 feet. It also has a garage on it about the size of yours at home. I ask Joe what he was renting it for and he said $30.00k per month. I figure you should get at least $3600.00 for the house and lot. The house Joe & May are living in (the one Uncle Harrison lived in) is nice. It is a corner lot and the house is similar to yours. Oh. Yes he had the living room and dinning room papered and it did need it. The tenants in the house seem ok.
Warren Taylor and his wife came down Sunday and did we all have a nice chat. He and Fannie are just the same.
Sara surely is a good cook and I enjoyed my meals. They have a very nice home. They even have a orange tree in their back yard and believe it or not it is loaded with oranges. They seem to be getting acclimated more to California. They drove me around a great deal and Long Beach is a beautiful city. Say, doesn’t John Law live in Long Beach?
Russell Jensen stopped over to see me this morning. He and his wife are sailing in the morning for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii where he will be attached to the Naval Hospital. We had a very nice chat. He is to be admired for working his way through medical school.
The sun shined all week end but it is raining here again this evening and I just let the kerosene stove as it is a little chilly.
Dad the fellows name is Carl Wiegold who played with Don Stanton. Oh! Yes, Russell Jensen, the Whitemans, the Taylors and McCullloghs said for me to be sure and remember them to you folks.
Mother, I was sorry to hear you had to postpone your trip with Dad to Peoria but it was nice of you to keep Anne. Thanks Dad for the magazines. I enjoy them.
Write whenever you have time as I am always glad to hear from all of you.
Love to all,
Leo
Oh: Yes Joe & May invited me down to see them (May & Joe surely did sing the blues to me & Joe told me had had sent Al, Cora, Mat and Joe $50.00 each of the estate when it is to be settled.)
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